Buddhism and Business : : Merit, Material Wealth, and Morality in the Global Market Economy / / ed. by Mark Michael Rowe, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, Trine Brox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Borup, Jørn,; Brox, Trine,; Caple, Jane E.,; Caple, Jane,; Hedegaard, Marianne Viftrup,; Jerryson, Michael,; McLaughlin, Levi,; Obadia, Lionel,; Prohl, Inken,; Smyer Yü, Dan,; Smyer Yü, Dan,; Viftrup Hedegaard, Marianne,; Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth,
• HerausgeberIn: Brox, Trine,; Rowe, Mark Michael,; Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Buddhism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

Although Buddhism is known for emphasizing the importance of detachment from materiality and money, in the last few decades Buddhists have become increasingly ensconced in the global market economy. The contributors to this volume address how Buddhists have become active participants in market dynam...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: Buddhist Encounters with the Global Market Economy and Consumer Society
• 1 The Lama’s Shoes. Tibetan Perspectives on Monastic Wealth and Virtue
• 2 A Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Modernism. Religious Marketplace, Constellative Networking, and Urbanism
• 3 Prosperous Temple Buddhism and NRM Prosperity Buddhism
• 4 The Soka Gakkai Economy. Measuring Cycles of Exchange That Power Japan’s Largest Buddhist Lay Organization
• 5 The Mindful Gardener and the Good Employee. Mindfulness Practices and Affective Labor in Danish Workplaces
• 6 Branding and/as Religion. The Case of Buddhist-Related Images, Semantics, and Designs
• 7 Marketing the Buddha and Its Blasphemy
• 8 Economies of Religion, Buddhism and Economy, Buddhist Economics. Challenges and Perspectives
• Works Cited
• Contributors
• Index